E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing ISSUE No. 21, 13 March 1989 _______________________________________________________________________________ |NOTE: This is an early mailing, in response to requests by various organizers| |of Conferences, deadlines for which are fast approaching. As a general rule,| |we do not plan to have a frequency greater than, approximately, once a month.| |_____________________________________________________________________________| Editors: Bradley W. Dickinson Dept. of Electrical Engineering Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 bradley@princeton.edu or bradley@pucc.bitnet Eduardo D. Sontag Dept. of Mathematics Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 08903 sontag@fermat.rutgers.edu (arpanet) or sontag@pisces (bitnet) Welcome. We remind you that items for posting can be emailed to either of the editors. PLEASE SEND CONTRIBUTIONS, since the eletter can only be useful if everyone participates. Selected back issues of the newsletter, as well as the complete mailing list (currently about 600 names) can be requested from Sontag at either of the above addresses. NOTE: if you are using an editor to read this mailing and if at any point you wish to skip to the next article, you can accomplish this by searching for the string: *.** Contents Changes to mailing list Conferences: 1990 IFAC Congress. DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS MARCH 31. 1989 Intl. Symp. on Circuits and Systems IMPORTANT NOTICE: HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 31. 1989 IEEE Intl. Symp. on Intelligent Control DEADLINE FOR EXTENDED SUMMARIES IS APRIL 1. 18th Midwest Differential Equations Conference, Nov. 10-11, 1989 ILAS Inaugural Conference, Aug. 12-15, 1989 Position open: NSF Program Director for Engineering Systems Request for references: Kalman filtering and quality control *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by the Editors: Changes/Additions to mailing list. Changes: ------- ycj@tekgvs.labs.tek.com (Y.C. Jenq, Tektronix, Beaverton, OR) trant@tekgvs.labs.tek.com (Tran Thong, Textronix, Beaverton, OR) demarco@apollo.ece.wisc.edu (Christopher DeMarco, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison) woods@ecse.rpi.edu (John Woods, Rennselaer Polytechnic Inst.) meyer%fsd@io.arc.nasa.gov (George Meyer, NASA Ames Research Center, CA) seidman@umbc1.umbc.edu (Thomas Seidman, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County) Additions: --------- TANG@UNAMVM1.BITNET (Yu Tang, Div.Estudios Posgrado, FI, Natl. Univ. of Mexico) rjo@digsys.engineering.cambridge.ac.uk (Raimund Ober, Cambridge Univ.) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Lennart Ljung 1990 IFAC CONGRESS The 11th IFAC Congress will be held in Tallin, Estonia, USSR, August 13-17, 1990. The IFAC Congress is the major general event in the control community, where theoreticians and practitioners from all application fields meet. Plan to attend! The deadline for submission of papers (typed on special sheets) will be July 15, 1989. BUT YOU SHOULD ALREADY NOW (before MARCH 31) SEND A SHORT ABSTRACT TO IFAC SECTRETARIAT SCHLOSSPLATZ 12 A-2361 LAXENBURG AUSTRIA You will then be supplied with the special sheets and further information about the congress. I hope to see you in Tallin next year. Lennart Ljung IFAC vice-president (ljung@isy.liu.se) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Tran Thong 1989 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems Portland, Oregon May 9-11, 1989 +++ Important information for authors and attenders of the 1989 ISCAS +++ Due to a mix-up by the IEEE Conference Services (at IEEE Headquarters in New Jersey), the Advance Program for the 1989 ISCAS has not been mailed out to Authors. Instead an extra Author Kit was sent out. The regular mailing to members of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society has, alledgedly, proceeded as planned. So, this notice is for those authors who are not members of the IEEE CAS. HOTEL REGISTRATION MUST BE DONE BY MARCH 31. If you have not received the forms for hotel registration by the 22nd of March (we are doing a special mailing right now), please send the following information: 1. Choice of hotel: Portland Hilton $72 (single/double occupancy) Heathman (across the street from Hilton: $80 (single/double) Westin Benson (6 blocks away): $70 (single), $84 (double) For a double room reservation, please indicate the two names with brackets. We have also made a special arrangement with the Hilton for quad occupancy at the rate of $82 (total for up to 4 persons). In this case all three/four names should be given at this time. 2. Please indicate first, second, third choice of hotel and the type of room (single/double/quad), arrival date, departure date. 3. To guarantee a room for late arrival (after 5 pm), a credit card guarantee is needed. Include your card number, expiration date, type of credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). Please sign registration letter if a credit card is used. 4. Include your name and address for the confirmation notice. 5. Send information by March 31, 1989 to Housing Bureau Three World Trade Center SW Salmon Portland, Oregon 97204-3299. NOTE THAT HOTEL REGISTRATION DOES NOT REQUIRE A CHECK. So, please do it immediately. A credit card number is needed for late arrival guarantee. ------ Conference Registration Information: Sunday May 7 is our International Day. An optional excursion ($128.00) has been planned to our ski resort of Mt Hood and a tour of the Columbia Gorge. There will be evening talks by Carver Mead and Mac VanValkenurg. Departure is Sunday May 7 at 2:00 pm from the Hilton and you will be returned at the Hilton at 4:00 pm on Monday May 8. (Notice that you will miss the workshops below). There are three workshops scheduled on Monday from 9:00 am to about 5:00 pm. The fee is $100 for any workshop. Analog VLSI and Neural Systems - Carver Mead Computer Based (Power) Distribution System Planning and Automation - S.S. Venkata Modern Trends in Digital Systems Design and Design Automation - M. Perkowski The Advance Registration before March 31 (extended to April 15 for Authors only) is $220.00 for IEEE Members and $260.00 for nonmembers. Students can register for $60.00 (no banquet). The registration fee only covers the activities during the conference May 9-11. It does not cover the workshop fees. Additional Banquet Tickets are $35.00 each. To register send your name and address with the appropriate fees to 1989 IEEE ISCAS Loretta's of Portland P.O. Box 14432 Portland, Oregon 97124 USA This address should not be used for hotel registration For workshop registrants, please indicate workshop title. All payment must be in US currency drawn on a US bank. We apologize for any inconvenience the mis-mailing may have caused you. For more information contact: Tran Thong, General Chairman 1989 ISCAS Tel: (503)-627-6109 Fax: (503)-627-5502 e-mail: trant@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Mitch Kokar FOURTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT CONTROL SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS September 24-26, 1989 Americana Inn Albany, New York Sponsored by IEEE Control Systems Society Hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute General Chairman: A. C. Sanderson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Program Chairmen: A. A. Desrochers, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute K. P. Valavanis, Northeastern University Local Arrangements: DiCesare, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Proposals for tutorials and invited sessions should be mailed by May 1, 1989 to: Prof. A. A. Desrochers Dept. of ECSE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180-3590 (518) 276-6718 Important Deadlines Extended Summary: April 1, 1989 Acceptance Notification: June 1, 1989 Final Paper Due: July 1, 1989 AUTHORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT FULL PAPERS TOPICS OF INTEREST CONTROL Adaptive and Self-Organizing Control Intelligent Control for Lagre Scale Systems Learning Control Hierarchical Control Fuzzy Control Linguistic Control MACHINE INTELLIGENCE Knowledge Based Control Systems Qualitative Reasoning in Intelligent Control Models of Approximate Reasoning Evidential Reasoning and Control Sensor Integration Cooperative and Antagonistic Multiple Agent Systems ARCHITECTURES AND TOOLS Neural Networks as a Control Tool Information Structures for Intelligent Control Computer Architectures for Intelligent Control Controllers with Associative Memory Expert Databases for Intelligent Control Software Productivity Tools for Control System Design Interactive Graphics and Human-Machine Interfacing APPLICATIONS Robot Vision Intelligent Control of Multifingered Robot Hands Space and Underwater Exploration Cognitive Controllers for Autonomous Robots Communication Protocols in Intelligent Manufacturing Command Control, and Communications Social and Economic Systems Emphasis on: MACHINE LEARNING Submit Extended Summaries to: Prof. K. P. Valavanis Robotics Laboratory Northeastern University Department of ECE Boston, MA 02115 (617) 437-2164 (617) 437-3046 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Dean A. Carlson November 10-11, 1989. The 18th Midwest Differential Equations Conference, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. This conference is organized by the participants of the departmental seminar on differential equations and is sponsored by the Department of Mathematics. The following have agreed to speak: Calvin Ahlbrandt Leonard Berkovitz John Haddock Leon Hall Man Kam Kwong Gary Meisters Richard Miller John Nohel Allan Peterson Mark Pinsky George Seifert T. W. Ting Luther White Call for papers: Abstracts for contributed papers should be received by August 15, 1989. Late abstracts will be considered if there is space. For information or abstracts write: T. A. Burton Conference on Differential Equations Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4408 Phone: (618) 453-6565 E-Mail: GE0641@SIUCVMB.BITNET *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Danny Hershkowitz ILAS Inaugural Conference Sponsored by the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS, formerly IMG), this conference will be held August 12-15, 1989, at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA. Accommodation is available for up to 5 nights (Aug. 11/12 through 15/16) in on-campus dormitories and a meal plan is available in an on-campus cafeteria on Aug. 12,14,15 (the meal plan includes no meals on Sunday). The joint cost of accommodation and meals is $74.90 double occupancy (you may wish to select your roommate). Alternatively accommodation and meals may be purchased separately. The cost of a dormitory room is $10 per night double occupancy. For those wishing to stay off campus, the 3-day meal package is $31.20, or for the same package excluding breakfast $23.25. Single meals may also be purchased at the cafeteria. Dormitory space is limited and will be assigned in the order that requests are received once invited speakers have been accomodated. If you would prefer single occupancy, you may so indicate on the housing form. Requests for single occupancy will be granted later if space is available. Please note that some regulations of religious origin govern residence in BYU dormitories, such as prohibition of alcoholic beverages and smoking. Coffee or tea are not served on campus. Lodging and meals are availbale off-campus within walking distance. Please indicate on the registration form if you would like information on off-campus housing. There will be no registration fee. An optional luncheon buffet (cost $15) and informal Sunday afternoon mountain outing are scheduled for August 13 at a local resort. Provo is located about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake International Airport is well serviced by most major US airlines, and reasonably priced limousine service is readily available to and from Provo (information will be sent to those who register). Salt Lake City is also serviced by Amtrak. Within easy driving distance from Provo (less than one day) lie many of the spectacular attractions of the Rocky Mountain West. We wish to encourage contributed 15-20 minute talks, subject to the unavoidable limitations of space and time. Please let us know if you wish to give such a talk. We shall also have some invited 30-40 minute talks. More details on the program will be available later. A special issue of Linear Algebra and its Applications will be devoted to the meeting. This issue will contain only papers that meet the publication standards of the journal, and that will be approved by normal refereeing procedure. Papers should be submitted in triplicate by November 1989 to one of the special editors of this issue, who are Wayne Barrett, Daniel Hershkowitz, and Donald Robinson. We would appreciate it if you could let us know by April 30 if you are planning to participate. Please return the enclosed registration form to James R. Weaver (ILAS treasurer), and the enclosed housing/mealplan form to the Office of General Services at Brigham Young University. If you need further information, please contact Wayne Barrett (mailing address on registration form, or email address: barrettw@byuvax.bitnet). The Organizing Committee Wayne Barrett Daniel Hershkowitz Charles Johnson Hans Schneider Robert Thompson ILAS INAUGURAL MEETING Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A. August 12 -15, 1989 ============================================== REGISTRATION FORM Please return this form by April 30 to: James R. Weaver Department of Mathematics and Statistics The University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, Florida 32514-5751 U.S.A. ALL CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO: THE INTERNATIONAL LINEAR ALGEBRA SOCIETY You may write one check for the total amount. NAME: _________________________________________ ADDRESS: ______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ PHONE: _______________________________________ E-MAIL: _______________________________________ 1. ATTENDANCE ________ I plan to attend the ILAS Inaugural Conference. ________ I don't plan to attend the ILAS Inaugural Conference. 2. ACCOMODATION and BOARD: _________ I have returned the Housing form to BYU _________ I have not returned the Housing form. _________ Please send information on off-campus housing. 3. TALK: ________ I wish to give a contributed talk. Title and abstract, typed on one page only, should be sent by July 1 to Wayne Barrett Department of Mathematics Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602 U.S.A. -------- is my preferred day. ________ I don't wish to give a contributed talk. 4. LUCHEON BUFFET: ________ I plan to attend the luncheon buffet on August 13. ________ I don't plan to attend the luncheon buffet. 5. MEMBERSHIP IN ILAS: ________ I wish to become a member of ILAS. ________ I wish to become a member of ILAS. Please waive my membership fee. ________ I don't wish to become a member of ILAS. 6. PAYMENT: Enclosed | will be paid at meeting =================|======================== Luncheon buffet($15) | -----------------|------------------------ ILAS membership($12) | =================|======================== Total | =================|======================== 7. COMMENTS / SPECIAL REQUESTS: ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ International Linear Algebra Society (August 11 - August 16, 1989) Campus Food and Housing Registration Form Brigham Young University, Provo, UT If campus food and housing packages are desired, complete this form and mail to the office of General Services, 116 GSRB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602. Please do not send any money. All campus food and housing is payable upon arrival. PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE. Male___ Female___ Name: ___________________ University: ______________________ (full Name of University) Department: ________________ Address: __________________________ City: ___________________ State/Country:_____________________ Zip: __________________ Phone: (____)________________ Arrival Date: ______________ Departure Date: _______________ Campus Food and Housing Package # _________ CAMPUS FOOD AND HOUSING Food and On-campus Housing Packages: Housing is Friday August 11 through Tuesday August 15, 1989. Food begins with Breakfast Saturday August 12 and ends with Dinner August 15. This does not include Sunday meals August 13, l989. No couples housing available. #1. Shared (2 per room) w/ meals, per person . . . . $74.90 Roommate Preference:____________________ #2. Shared - room only, per person . . . . $50.00 Roommate Preference:____________________ Meal-Only Packages: For participants living off campus, the following meal only packages are available. #3. 3-day meal package (9 meals) . . . . $31.20 Breakfast Saturday through Dinner on Tuesday. (Sunday not included) #4. Lunch and dinner only (6 meals). . . . $23.25 Lunch Saturday through Dinner on Tuesday. (Sunday not included) ___I would prefer a private room if space is available. The cost: Private room w/meals, per person is $98.40. Private room only, per/person, per/night is $18.50. Brigham Young University Standards: Brigham Young University was founded and still operates on principles which are set forth by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From these principles, a set of standards has been established which make this institution unique. BYU guests are asked to help maintain these standards which include abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, coffee, and tea, and the observance of high moral standards. We reserve the right to request those not honoring these standards to leave our facilities . *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: David Elliott NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) The NSF's Division of Electrical and Communication Systems is seeking qualified applications for two Program Director positions in the Engineering Systems Program. The positions will be filled under the Visiting Scientist Program or Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program (IPA) at AD.850/853.IV. Salary ranges from $48,592 to $75,473 per annum. Refer to Announcement Number: EX 89.35 (open until filled). The program supports research on analytical and computational methods for the modeling, analysis, estimation, identification and control of engineering systems. Duties of the position include responsibility for policy governing support of research in the discipline and for the allocation of funds among various subdisciplines. The incumbent organizes special advisory groups, assists in the evaluation of programs, serves as an advisor and consultant within the Foundation and administers evaluation of research proposals. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or equivalent research experience. In addition, six or more years of successful research, administration, and/or managerial experience dealing with engineering systems, such as robotics, power systems, manufacturing and production systems, electronic systems, pertinent to the positions are required. Letters of recommendation accompanied by a Standard Form 171, Application for Federal Employment, or resume should be sent to: National Science Foundation, Division of Personnel and Management, 1800 G Street, NW, Room 208 Washington, DC 20550. Attention: Catherine Handle For further information call (202)-357-9529. NSF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Reprinted from NA-Digest, from: Samir Chettri KALMAN FILTERING AND QUALITY CONTROL -- request for references I have been trying to find out if any work has been done in applying the Kalman Filter to the Statistical Quality Control Problem at all. If so, are there any references, books etc. that are available? Also on a related note, what is the text/paper that gives a good and clear exposition on the Kalman Filter especially from the Multivariate Statistical/Least Squares viewpoint? Thanks. Samir Chettri (chettri@udel.edu) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** End of E-LETTER Issue 21